+ +
+ 1 24 "winxp.manifest" ++ +In wxWindows 2.5, this will be in the wx/msw/wx.rc and +so will happen automatically so long as you include wx.rc +in your own .rc file.
+ +For an explanation of this syntax, please see +this +article. +
+
-Statically-linked wxWindows 2 programs are smaller than wxWindows 1.xx programs, because of the way -wxWindows 2 has been designed to reduce dependencies between classes, and other -techniques. The linker will not include code from the library that is not (directly or -indirectly) referenced -by your application. So for example, the 'minimal' sample is less than 300KB using VC++ 6.
- If you want to distribute really small executables, you can use Petite by Ian Luck. This nifty utility compresses Windows executables by around 50%, so your 500KB executable will shrink to a mere 250KB. With this sort of size, there is reduced incentive to -use DLLs. Another good compression tool is UPX. +use DLLs. Another good compression tool (probably better than Petite) is UPX. +
+ +Please do not be surprised if MinGW produces a statically-linked minimal executable of 1 MB. Firstly, gcc +produces larger executables than some compilers. Secondly, this figure will +include most of the overhead of wxWindows, so as your application becomes more +complex, the overhead becomes proportionally less significant. And thirdly, trading executable compactness +for the enormous increase in productivity you get with wxWindows is almost always well worth it.
+ +If you have a really large executable compiled with MinGW (for example 20MB) then +you need to configure wxWindows to compile without debugging information: see +docs/msw/install.txt for details. You may find that using configure instead +of makefile.g95 is easier, particularly since you can maintain debug and +release versions of the library simultaneously, in different directories. +Also, run 'strip' after linking to remove all traces of debug info.
+ +It can also happen if you append the submenu to the parent +menu {\it before} you have added your menu items. Do the append {\it after} adding +your items, or accelerators may not be registered properly.
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